I would either hog it or throw it to the side lines. The main reason is because hog-line violations are never/rarely called at the league level (at least in my experience), so it would be weird to do it intentionally. But I don't think it is against the Spirit of Curling to do so.

Hi Judges, I have a rules question about shortcutting when it involves hidden information. Basically I'm wondering about whether it's legal to shortcut based on the contents of a known library, even though it's technically hidden information.

For example, let's say I have an artifact on board that has "{0}: Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard." and "Sacrifice a creature: Add {C} to your mana pool." My graveyard is empty and my library contains only Emrakul and Narcomoeba. Can I legally shortcut the following actions? "Mill 2, put Emrakul trigger on the stack then Narcomoeba trigger. Sac Narcomoeba to add {C} then shuffle Emrakul and Narcomoeba back in. Repeat." to make infinite mana?

Technically the library is always hidden information so technically the players don't know that the first step of the proposed loop will actually mill an Emrakul and a Narcomoeba. However, my understanding is that this loop should work because it doesn't include any conditionals and the results are predictable (as per 719.2a) even though they're not technically known. Could I get clarification on whether this works? Thanks!

If those really are the only two cards in your library, I would just ask you to demonstrate the action once (Mill, animate Narcomoeba, sac Narcomoeba, "shuffle") and then just say how many times you want to repeat it.

You're correct that the library is a hidden zone, but in this exact scenario, there isn't anything random actually happening (other than the order of Emrakul and Narcomoeba, but you're milling 2, so it doesn't matter).

My status wasn't updated on JudgeApps, but I have a Wizards Ticket in my MTGO collection and I can see the event in the limited leagues area with an entry free of 1 Wizards Ticket, so it looks like they did get people entered without updating in JudgeApps.

(I haven't started playing yet; I found it while I was Vintage Cubing over the holiday.)

Yes, MTR 2.11 (Taking Notes) says that "Between games, players may refer to a brief set of notes made before the match." There's more to it than that (you have to put the notes away before the game, and you can't have "excessive quantities" of notes), but sideboarding notes in the deckbox is fine.

I would guess, but cannot prove, that "scoop" used to mean "concede" has its origins in Magic. The OED has "scoop" as a gambling slang term meaning to win (as in scooping up all the money/chips), but doesn't document our use of the word to mean "give up" (as in scooping up our cards in defeat).

Also, possibly of note here is that, while you're not required to point out your opponent's triggers, you can still do so. If you think the trigger is good for you (or you just want to be nice or keep the game moving or whatever), when your opponent goes to draw, you can be like, "Hey, Rift Bolt trigger."

I have 2 quilled slivers on the field. (Their effect is All Slivers have tap This permanent deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.") I tap 1 quilled sliver in response. Would he do 1 or 2 damage?

I think the answer is that he would do 2 damage, since the tap would activate both effects since they are the same thing.

Nope. What you actually end up with is that all slivers have "{T}: ~ deals 1 damage..." twice. You can activate either ability and tap to pay the cost, but you can't activate both and pay the cost by tapping once.

To work the way you're thinking, it would need to be something like "Whenever ~ becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage..." Then, if it has the ability twice, it can become tapped once but trigger both abilities.

If you're trying to prevent people from being sad that their favorite cards are banned, then I agree with Riki. If you're worried about people showing up with decks that aren't legal anymore, you can try to make announcements about the banned list changes in the days/weeks leading up to the effective date (like during the prereleases or at FNM), but at a certain point, some players are still going to miss them, and there isn't much else you can do for those players.

Also remember at a pre-release (and regular REL events in general) it is totally fine to rebuild your deck between rounds. I know if I play someone in round 1 who seems to have struggled with building I always offer to take a look at their build and I see other people do similarly.

Solo Standard only lets you queue as a solo player. Standard lets you queue solo, or as a party of 2 or 3 that will be placed on the same team. (Just like you can queue for Doubles as a solo player or a pair.)